Great Simplicity, Great Interpretation, Great Scholarship

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	• John for Everyone: Chapters 1-10 (For Everyone) Tom Wright Westminster John Knox Press, 2004 - 180 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Very user friendly commentary

I very much like Bishop Tom Wright's commentary on the Gospel of John. His treatment of the text is consistently insightful and especially accessible to lay people. I would have given it 5 stars if the commentary was a bit richer academically. My lay people love it.

Great Simplicity, Great Interpretation, Great Scholarship

Tom Wright has written a very simple and easy to read book on the first 10 chapters of the Gospel of John. The Everyone tile is for real, because anyone who can read can get great scholarly interpretion without any technical language. Wright provides his own translation, which when this series is done, needs to become "The Wright New Testament." After the translation comes a little story or an anecdote that leads you into the interpretation of the section that is being discusssed. This, quite frankly is what a called theologian should be doing. It does very little good to know the Bible in a deep scholarly fashion if you are unable to communicate that to the masses. Tom Wright has that ability and displays it greatly in this series of books.
His interpretation of John (and he claims he is not a Johanine scholar) could not have been any better than this. Wright has a great ability to avoid being anachronistic, yet brings great application from the text for the Christian to live and be transformed by. My favorite part of this commentary was how Wright sees the opponents of Jesus and holds together the chapters without sharp breaks in thought. His handling of John 9 and 10 and linking these chapters together is a demonstration of that. This was a very helpful interpretation of John and I highly recommend for all to enjoy.

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John for Everyone: Chapters 1-10 (For Everyone)

One of the best from Tom Wright's "Everyone" New Testament series.

Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion, with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions.